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Weekend Tips: What to Do This Weekend in Berlin
July 31 to August 2, 2026: Events, festivals, exhibitions and more things to do for your perfect weekend in Berlin. more
Grenzen/los? Perspektiven der dritten und vierten Generation Ost
Date details
- Date Friday, 14/August/2026 18:30
- Venue Humboldt Forum: BERLIN GLOBAL - Berlin Ausstellung, 1. OG
- Address Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
Public transportation
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Train (S-Bahn)
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S Hackescher Markt
- S3
- S5
- S7
- S75
- S9
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S Hackescher Markt
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Underground
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U Museumsinsel
- U5
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U Rotes Rathaus
- U5
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U Hausvogteiplatz
- U2
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U Klosterstr.
- U2
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U Museumsinsel
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Bus
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Berliner Schloss
- 147
- U2
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Neumannsgasse
- 147
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U Museumsinsel
- 100
- N5
- 300
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Fischerinsel
- 200
- 248
- N2
- N42
- 147
- U2
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Werderscher Markt
- 147
- U2
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Nikolaiviertel
- 200
- 248
- N2
- N42
- N8
- N40
- N60
- N65
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U Rotes Rathaus
- 200
- N2
- N8
- N40
- N42
- N60
- N65
- U2
- 300
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
- N42
- S7
- 100
- 200
- M1
- N2
- N5
- N8
- N40
- 300
- N60
- N65
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Jüdenstr.
- 248
- 300
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U Spittelmarkt
- 200
- N2
- U2
- 248
- N42
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Staatsoper
- 100
- N5
- 300
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U Märkisches Museum/Inselstr.
- 147
- 165
- 265
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U Märkisches Museum
- 147
- 165
- 265
- U2
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S Hackescher Markt
- N42
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Jerusalemer Str.
- 200
- N2
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S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr.
- M1
- U2
- N2
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Georgenstr./Am Kupfergraben
- M1
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Universitätsstr.
- M1
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Berliner Schloss
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Tram
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
- M1
- M4
- M5
- M6
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Am Kupfergraben
- 12
- M1
- M6
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S Hackescher Markt
- M4
- M5
- M6
- 50
- M1
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Georgenstr./Am Kupfergraben
- 12
- M1
- M6
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Universitätsstr.
- 12
- M6
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
Borders? Borderless? Perspectives of the Third and Fourth Generation East
Elise Landschek (DIE ZEIT) in conversation with Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Juliane Meckert and Flor Fischer
Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Flor Fischer, Juliane Meckert – Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Flor Fischer, Juliane Meckert
© Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Design: Groupe Dejour, Fotos: Tony Bui, Privataufnahme, Ara Martin
People born shortly before or after the fall of the Berlin Wall often have little direct experience of the GDR. And yet differences between East and West continue to shape their everyday lives and working realities.
In this event, cultural practitioners from eastern Germany talk about where they still encounter these divides today. The discussion looks at disparities in income and access, as well as networks and representation, experiences of exclusion, and racism in the context of the post-reunification period and the current shift to the right.
Personal experiences meet broader social perspectives. You will gain insights into realities shaped by both freedom and ongoing barriers.
Taking part in the discussion are social worker and musician Ngoc Anh Nguyen, theatre-maker and actor Juliane Meckert, and author and podcaster Flor Fischer. The event will be moderated by Elise Landschek.
The event marks the opening of the four-part series “Across Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting”. Around the 65th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, the series turns its focus to borders in the past and present — in society as well as in everyday life.
Participants
Juliane Meckert (born in 1982 in Leipzig) is a freelance actress, director and theatre pedagogue based in Berlin. She studied acting at the Mozarteum Salzburg and works both on stage and behind the scenes. Her theatre productions engage with socio-political topics, including Wir kriegen Euch Alle! (2022, WESSER | MECKERT), which explores the so‑called “baseball bat years”. Since 2024, she has been working on the long-term performative documentary project BETRAYAL (working title), which looks at betrayal, trust and the lasting effects of the East German secret police. The project explores how surveillance, denunciation and ideological loyalty shaped people’s lives, and how these experiences continue to influence society and politics today. Her work focuses on site-specific, performative and participatory formats, often developed in collaboration with so‑called “experts of everyday life”, with particular attention to space, ritual, memory and transformation
Ngoc Anh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-German singer, songwriter and social worker based in Berlin. Under the artist name ANOTHER NGUYEN, she releases empowering pop music addressing themes of identity, belonging and cultural visibility. Alongside her music, she is involved in projects such as the award-winning Vietnamese-German film initiative Drehs Um and performs as both a musician and actor in the theatre production Do You Hear Me. With Du schaffst das schon / Cố lên con, released in collaboration with Sony Music, she created the first Vietnamese-German children’s song, opening up new visibility for Vietnamese-German children and families. As a family support worker, she works with families in a wide range of situations and brings these experiences into both her artistic and social practice. In 2023, she was a member of the Open Space jury at BERLIN GLOBAL.
Flor Fischer is very much a “child of reunification”: born in the East, with family roots there, and raised in the West, he learned early on to move between both sides of the (former) Wall. Today, he is interested in what grows in its cracks, listening to the stories people tell about it and trying to make sense of his own. He works as a freelance trainer, facilitator and author on topics including discrimination, colonial continuities, racism and whiteness, as well as masculinities.
Further dates
Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 6:30 pm
No Border Lasts Forever – Refugee Struggles in Times of a Right-Wing Shift
Reading and discussion
Friday, 30 October 2026, 6:30 pm
Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Interjections on German Unity
Reading with Paula Fürstenberg
Thursday, 12 November 2026, 6:30 pm
1989 as a Mandate: Missed Opportunities, New Perspectives
Discussion in cooperation with the Berlin Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship (BAB)
Further information
- The event is held in German
- 5 EUR / reduced 3 EUR. Bitte buchen Sie Ihr Ticket im voraus online oder an der Kasse im Foyer.
- 16 years and older
- German
- Doors open: 18:00
- Berlin Exhibition, 1st floor, Hall 5 Berlin Room
- Part of: Beyond Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting Boundaries
- Belongs to: BERLIN GLOBAL
In this event, cultural practitioners from eastern Germany talk about where they still encounter these divides today. The discussion looks at disparities in income and access, as well as networks and representation, experiences of exclusion, and racism in the context of the post-reunification period and the current shift to the right.
Personal experiences meet broader social perspectives. You will gain insights into realities shaped by both freedom and ongoing barriers.
Taking part in the discussion are social worker and musician Ngoc Anh Nguyen, theatre-maker and actor Juliane Meckert, and author and podcaster Flor Fischer. The event will be moderated by Elise Landschek.
The event marks the opening of the four-part series “Across Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting”. Around the 65th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, the series turns its focus to borders in the past and present — in society as well as in everyday life.
Participants
Juliane Meckert (born in 1982 in Leipzig) is a freelance actress, director and theatre pedagogue based in Berlin. She studied acting at the Mozarteum Salzburg and works both on stage and behind the scenes. Her theatre productions engage with socio-political topics, including Wir kriegen Euch Alle! (2022, WESSER | MECKERT), which explores the so‑called “baseball bat years”. Since 2024, she has been working on the long-term performative documentary project BETRAYAL (working title), which looks at betrayal, trust and the lasting effects of the East German secret police. The project explores how surveillance, denunciation and ideological loyalty shaped people’s lives, and how these experiences continue to influence society and politics today. Her work focuses on site-specific, performative and participatory formats, often developed in collaboration with so‑called “experts of everyday life”, with particular attention to space, ritual, memory and transformation
Ngoc Anh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-German singer, songwriter and social worker based in Berlin. Under the artist name ANOTHER NGUYEN, she releases empowering pop music addressing themes of identity, belonging and cultural visibility. Alongside her music, she is involved in projects such as the award-winning Vietnamese-German film initiative Drehs Um and performs as both a musician and actor in the theatre production Do You Hear Me. With Du schaffst das schon / Cố lên con, released in collaboration with Sony Music, she created the first Vietnamese-German children’s song, opening up new visibility for Vietnamese-German children and families. As a family support worker, she works with families in a wide range of situations and brings these experiences into both her artistic and social practice. In 2023, she was a member of the Open Space jury at BERLIN GLOBAL.
Flor Fischer is very much a “child of reunification”: born in the East, with family roots there, and raised in the West, he learned early on to move between both sides of the (former) Wall. Today, he is interested in what grows in its cracks, listening to the stories people tell about it and trying to make sense of his own. He works as a freelance trainer, facilitator and author on topics including discrimination, colonial continuities, racism and whiteness, as well as masculinities.
Further dates
Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 6:30 pm
No Border Lasts Forever – Refugee Struggles in Times of a Right-Wing Shift
Reading and discussion
Friday, 30 October 2026, 6:30 pm
Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Interjections on German Unity
Reading with Paula Fürstenberg
Thursday, 12 November 2026, 6:30 pm
1989 as a Mandate: Missed Opportunities, New Perspectives
Discussion in cooperation with the Berlin Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship (BAB)
Further information
- The event is held in German
- 5 EUR / reduced 3 EUR. Bitte buchen Sie Ihr Ticket im voraus online oder an der Kasse im Foyer.
- 16 years and older
- German
- Doors open: 18:00
- Berlin Exhibition, 1st floor, Hall 5 Berlin Room
- Part of: Beyond Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting Boundaries
- Belongs to: BERLIN GLOBAL
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